. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. 460 CORN tietice. The tassels should always be pulled and never cut. Some farmers go through the patch on foot, bending the stalk over and hold- ing it with one hand near the top joint, pulling the tassel from its place without injuring the plant. In rank growing corn, a man astride a horse that is muzzled to prevent destroying the corn, can pass between the rows and very rapidly detassel. The number of times that the block must be gone over depends upon the rapidity of the appearance of the tassels. When simply detasseling to elim
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. 460 CORN tietice. The tassels should always be pulled and never cut. Some farmers go through the patch on foot, bending the stalk over and hold- ing it with one hand near the top joint, pulling the tassel from its place without injuring the plant. In rank growing corn, a man astride a horse that is muzzled to prevent destroying the corn, can pass between the rows and very rapidly detassel. The number of times that the block must be gone over depends upon the rapidity of the appearance of the tassels. When simply detasseling to eliminate the barren stalks, it will be found profitable to cut such stalks off at the surface of the ground. THIRD YEAR.—The Increase Bed. The "Increase Bed" is the next step. This will be started the third year. In the breeding blocks mentioned above, which were 20 hills square, there will be 200 hills in each which have been detasseled. Three kernels being planted by hand in each hill, it is safe to assume that from the detasseled stalks in each breeding block, as many as 400 ears will be secured, or at least 4 bushels of ears entirely free for the pollen shed from the tas- sels borne on their own stalks. This amount of seed will generally be secured from each breeding block. In studying these breeding blocks, very complete data should be taken of both the tasseled and detasseled rows. While the seed from the tasseled rows is not saved. "STALKS A-FOOLIN' 'ROUND ALL SUMMER, DOIN' NOTHIN'." No. 1 has a fairly good ear, weighing 16 ounces; one stalk per hill on one acre of ground, each producing an ear of this weight would yield 50 bushels and 56 pounds^ at the rate of 70 pounds per bushel. No. 2 weighs 10 ounces; one stalk per hill would yield 31 bushels and 52 pounds. No. 3 weighs 9 ounces: one stalk per hill would yield 28 bushels and 40 pounds. No. 4 weighs 6 ounces; one stalk per hill would yield 19 bushels -ind 3 pounds. No. 5 weighs 3 ounces; one stalk
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